[xwiki-devs] idea: use the JDK 1.5 UUID implementation when we need unique id

[Vincent Massol]

On Jan 14, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

> Vincent Massol wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've heard that there are some places in xwiki where we need unique
>> ids (anyone remembers where?).
>>
>> In any case I've found this JDK 1.5 class which can help us with the
>> implementation:
>> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html
>>
>> I'm posting it  here for the record.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>
> Against it, as it:
> - adds another dependency on Java 1.5

I believe 1.5 is a fact of life now...

> - only provides Random and Name UUID, no time-based UUIDs
>
> A better option would be Jug (http://jug.safehaus.org/), which  
> provides
> more types of UUIDs.

Fine with that. I'm not an expert in that domain so I'll trust you on  
this. I just noticed that this framework hasn't been touched for a  
while.

Thanks
-Vincent